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Capitalism, Exploitation, and Globalization I

Capitalism, Exploitation, and Globalization I got an interesting email from an attendee at my recent talk at Harvard University on globalization, in which the attendee posed the following challenge (which…

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The Qur’an

I’ve tried to achieve an understanding of Islam by reading a variety of books, but the hardest has been the Qur’ān itself. It’s not an easy work to understand if…

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The Qur’an

I’ve tried to achieve an understanding of Islam by reading a variety of books, but the hardest has been the Qur’ān itself. It’s not an easy work to understand if…

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The Qur’an

I’ve tried to achieve an understanding of Islam by reading a variety of books, but the hardest has been the Qur’ān itself. It’s not an easy work to understand if…

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The Qur’an

I’ve tried to achieve an understanding of Islam by reading a variety of books, but the hardest has been the Qur’ān itself. It’s not an easy work to understand if…

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On to Harvard, NYU, Brown,

On to Harvard, NYU, Brown, and my Alma Mater I’m off on Saturday to Boston , where I’ve got some meetings for Cato lined up, and then a lecture on…

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Pivotal Questions and Inadequate Answers

I gave a lecture on globalization last night at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and, while I was generally pleased by the conversation, I was disappointed in my…

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Peace

Now that U.S. troops have entered Tikrit and the U.S. POWs have been found alive, it seems that the war is truly over. I admit to tears of joy for…

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The Dangers of Triumphalism The

The Dangers of Triumphalism The Battle for Baghdad is hardly over, but it’s pretty clear that the regime of Saddam Hussein is finished. That’s a welcome thing in itself, at…

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Can One Be Against Starting, but in Favor of Winning It?

I’m surprised by the notes I’ve received about my support for complete and unconditional destruction of the Iraqi state. I was not in favor of starting the war and I…

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